Support for Computerization and Stabilization of Archaeological Collections at the Fort Burgwin Research Center

支持布格温堡研究中心考古收藏的计算机化和稳定性

• 批准号: 9601066
• 负责人: Michael Adler
• 金额: $ 7.28万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9601066&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Computerization; Stabilization; Archaeological; Collections

The Fort Brugwin research center was established in 1956 and is a permanent research and education facility operated by Southern Methodist University and located outside Taos, New Mexico. Its central focus is on archaeological research and it has for many years conducted summer field schools which focus on sites located in the northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico. Excavated materials are curated at the center and collection holdings include over 1,000,000 cataloged objects from prehistoric and historic contexts in the Taos region. Associated materials include a catalog card inventory of collection holdings (22,000 cards) and approximately 45,000 pages of documentation, including unpublished excavation reports, field notes, maps and associated individual photographs, negatives and slides relating to the collection and site excavations. Because they are currently stored at Fort Burgwin in a non-environmentally controlled area, they are subject to potential deterioration and destruction. The data are not computerized and very difficult to use. This NSF grant will serve to remedy the situation. The materials will be moved to Southern Methodist University and rehoused in a controlled environment. The accessibility of these resources will then be enhanced by transferring collection documentation and photographic materials to microfilm and electronic formats. The collection catalog will be computerized and microfilms, CD-ROM discs and the computerized catalog inventory will be made available at SMU and Fort Burgwin and several other facilities. Eventually these data will be made available electronically to all interested researchers. The Fort Burgwin archaeological materials are important because they document the rise of complex cultures in the Southwestern U.S. Covering a span of thousands of years, they can be used to trace the change from a small band hunting and gathering form of social organization through the introduction of domestic plants and animals to the development of social entities which organized peoples on a tribal level. The materials also shed light on how people at a simple level of technology coped successfully with a harsh and unpredictable semiarid environment. Archaeological materials are only as useful as the documentation which accompanies them and therefore these records must be carefully preserved. To conduct effective research it is necessary to know what collections contain and where specific artifacts are located. To do this, computerization is necessary. This project is important because it will both preserve important records and make information rapidly available to researchers.

布鲁格温堡研究中心成立于1956年，是一个永久性的研究和教育设施，由南卫理公会大学经营，位于新墨西哥州陶斯市外。它的中心重点是考古研究，多年来一直举办夏季野外学校，重点是位于新墨西哥州北方格兰德河地区的遗址。挖掘出的材料在该中心进行策展，收藏品包括来自陶斯地区史前和历史背景的100多万件编目物品。相关材料包括藏品目录卡清单（22 000张卡片）和约45 000页文件，包括未发表的挖掘报告、实地说明、地图和与藏品和现场挖掘有关的相关个人照片、底片和幻灯片。由于它们目前储存在Burgwin堡的一个非环境控制区，它们可能会变质和销毁。这些数据没有计算机化，很难使用。NSF的这一资助将有助于纠正这种情况。这些材料将被转移到南卫理公会大学，并重新安置在一个受控的环境。然后将把收藏的文件和摄影材料转换成缩微胶片和电子格式，以便于更容易获得这些资源。收藏品目录将被计算机化，缩微胶片、CD-ROM光盘和计算机化目录库存将在SMU和Burgwin堡和其他几个设施提供。最终，这些数据将以电子方式提供给所有感兴趣的研究人员。 伯格温堡的考古资料很重要，因为它们记录了美国西南部复杂文化的兴起，涵盖了数千年的时间，它们可以用来追踪从一个小的狩猎和采集社会组织形式的变化，通过引入家养植物和动物，发展到社会实体，在部落层面上组织人民。这些材料还揭示了人们在简单的技术水平上如何成功地应对恶劣和不可预测的半干旱环境。考古材料只有与伴随它们的文件一样有用，因此这些记录必须仔细保存。为了进行有效的研究，有必要知道收藏品包含哪些内容以及特定文物的位置。要做到这一点，计算机化是必要的。这个项目很重要，因为它既能保存重要的记录，又能使研究人员迅速获得信息。